What’s better than a bouquet of fresh cut flowers? A summer’s worth! I am selling (LOCAL ONLY) a limited number of “cut flower gardens to go” in peach and orange // pink themes for you to plant in your home gardens and am super excited to hear how it goes for you! I am going to be updating this page with answers to your FAQ’s as they come in…Here we go!

What’s in the tray?

A mix of 25 plants — zinnias, celosias, gomphrenas, cosmos, eucalyptus (yes you read that right — Eucalyptus!!!), nicotiana, strawflower and delphinium, basil...I am also hoping to tuck in a dahlia tuber or cutting depending on how well my tubers store (fingers crossed, all look great right now!!) The varieties will vary depending on the color way you choose - there will be some white mixed in and the delphinium is a light blue. The tray will come with instructions on plant spacing and growing / cutting instructions. Most of these varieties are cut and come again meaning that the plant will keep churning blooms out especially if you deadhead the spent blooms, and the more you cut, typically the longer the stems. They all make great cuts to bring indoors and enjoy a bouquet. Eucalyptus is especially fun to grow and will become quite large by the end of 2020 - And may even overwinter for you if given protection and a little luck :) Eucalyptus is typically ready to cut from in September for us here at the farm and will keep growing typically until around Thanksgiving depending on how many frosts we see.

A sample of the varieties in the pink assortment

Spacing // Sunlight

These varieties will all thrive in full sun. Some can be planted as tight as 9” apart - The exceptions being zinnias, scabiosa, and cosmos (I recommend 12” for these). To make it easy you could plant everything at 12” intervals. The eucalyptus can grow quite tall - Up to 6’ plus in the first year, and if you are lucky enough to have it (/want it) to survive into year two, it can grow taller than 8’, so you will want to keep that in mind. And the dahlia varieties I hope to include are on the smaller side but still make excellent cuts.

The good news is, you really do not need a ton of space to grow a lot of flowers!

When will the trays be ready?

I will have them ready for pickup the week of May 4 - 8 and Mother’s Day weekend (May 10!!!) will have some pickup availability as well (HMMMM…What a great gift!). Our average frost date is around 5/15 and these are for the most part tender plants that prefer warm soil and heat. They will be cranking in your gardens in no time!

A sample of the varieties in the peach + orange assortment

While it seems like May is far off, it will be here before you know it! These gardens-to-go make great gifts! If you have questions please email me or leave a comment and I will answer ASAP.

Thanks so much, as always, for your support of our farm 🖤